Flights to resume
NZPA-Reuter Washington The United States and the Soviet Union formally agreed yesterday to resume commercial flights between the two countries on April 29. The agreement, signed by the Deputy Secretary of State, Mr John Whitehead, and the Soviet Ambassador to Washington, Mr Anatoly Dobrynin, was a result of the meeting in November between the American President, Mr Ronald Reagan, and the Soviet leader, Mr Mikhail Gorbachev. The United StatesSoviet air service was suspended in December, 1981, after martial law was imposed on Poland. The service had been reduced in early 1980 after the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. Under the new agreement the Soviet State airline, Aeroflot, will fly to New York and Washington and Pan American World Airways to Moscow and Leningrad. Each airline -will be allowed a maximum of four flights a week.
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Press, 15 February 1986, Page 11
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137Flights to resume Press, 15 February 1986, Page 11
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